Competing craft coffee shops are pouring into the city

Boutique coffee shops are taking over the city, espresso by espresso, unseating Starbucks as the king of coffee corners. New Yorkers’ desire for high-end, artisanal coffee continues unabated as shops like Stumptown and Blue Bottle open new spots in nooks and crannies and even atriums.

Curated coffee is also becoming a must have in new residential, retail and office projects, with developers wooing small batch coffee baristas rather than the de facto Dunkin Donuts.

Developer Jeremy Salzberg, a partner in Sugar Hill Capital Partners, was creating a new residential rental in Harlem at 3610 Broadway between West 148th and 149th Streets. The rental agents — Karen Cantor and Andrew Ding — suggested adding a coffee shop and The Chipped Cup was born.